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Elizabeth E Pruett in Oklahoma

Elizabeth E Pruett lives in Oklahoma with her husband Zachary and their two children, Anna and John. She enjoys genealogy, quilting, music, reading, and writing. Her life goal is to live out 1 Corinthians 10:31. …Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

"I am a child of God, and it is my purpose to glorify Him in everything I do. My life is dedicated to obeying Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and encouraging others to 'love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.' I will serve the Kingdom of God by proclaiming His righteousness, truth, and everlasting love to my family, friends, and community."

Thursday, October 04, 2012

Samuel Knapp [Elizabeth's 4th great grandfather] was born January 24, 1817.He was converted at the early age of
fourteen, since which time he has lived a consistent Christian.As far back as the bereaved ones can
remember, the voice of prayer has been heard morning and evening ascending from
the family alter.

January,
1841, he was married to Miss Sarah Whittemore, and in 1843 he with his family emigrated
from Maine to Jackson Co., Iowa, where he lived until he moved to Jones county,
Wayne township, in 1864.

Our
mother died in 1859 and our father was left with a family of children [seven girls, including Elizabeth's 3rd great grandmother Anzonetta], to whom
he has been faithful beyond expression, ever striving to teach us by example
and precept to speak right, to do right, and to live right.

May 6,
1877, he was married to Miss Eunice Denison, of Jackson township, but now she
is bereft of the kindest of husbands, and been left with the care of an infant
boy [less than three month old Albert Samuel Knapp].

May the
God of the widow and fatherless watch with loving and tender care over her who
is most deeply afflicted.

To-day,
as we look around and see his empty chair – the clothes he wore – the books he
read – and realize that the chair has held his dear form for the last time, our
hearts sink within us, and we each say with the psalmist, “I am troubled; I am
bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.” But the thought that he is
among the redeemed gives us courage to again take up life’s burdens and go on,
hoping at the last to meet the loved ones on the brighter shore.